A Franklin Square school monitor was recently recognized for rescuing a student who was choking during lunch.

Roseanne Alessi, 44, sprang into action this fall to assist the fourth-grade boy after she scanned the cafeteria at Washington Street Elementary School and noticed he was having difficulty breathing. The quick-thinking monitor said she hurried over and delivered several blows to his back that successfully dislodged the food stuck in his throat.

Alessi, of Franklin Square, was recognized last month with the Franklin Square Union Free School District ’s Hero Award “in honor of her act of kindness and bravery,” according to district officials.

“I usually walk up and down the aisles and kind of scan from far away to get a good look of the entire room, and that’s when I locked eyes

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